Although aphasia and hemispatial neglect are classically labeled as cortical deficits,
language deficits or hemispatial neglect following lesions to subcortical regions have been
reported in many studies. However, whether or not aphasia and hemispatial neglect can be
caused by subcortical lesions alone has been a matter of controversy. It has been previously
shown that most cases of aphasia or hemispatial neglect due to acute non-thalamic
subcortical infarcts can be accounted for by concurrent cortical hypoperfusion due to arterial …